The Car Park City

In December 2008 I wrote of my vision for easing the traffic burdon along the middle of the Bundaberg CBD, Burbong Street, I wrote,

"Those of us whom use our own vehicles to traverse Bourbong Street know only too well the dodgem car mentality that is rampant from Kennedy Bridge to the rail line.  Council needs to well and truly bite the bullet and make some decisions on making the main shopping precinct of BourbongStreet 'user friendly'.  

Get rid of the shop keepers and staff cars and install 1 hour parking meters and make the main part of Bourbong Street one way east to west. One way traffic works exceptionally well in Adelaide and Brisbane and keeps everything flowing.  

Shop keepers and  staff will get pretty sick, pretty quick putting a $1 in the meter every hour.

Development of parking in areas such as over the east side of Kennedy bridge is a natural development with plenty of land, non sporting of course, that is ready to be made for all day parking and, god forbid, shopkeepers and staff can walk to work from there.  Oh yeah and get healthy and the same time. Perhaps Council can give everyone who parks there a pedometer to encourage fitness.

Come on Council get real with the centre of town, encourage family friendly centre of City to combat the rise of the super malls such as Sugarland, Hinkler and the like, and come up with real solutions not  repeat the sins of the past of countless other towns/city's across the country.

This is my personal view and I welcome your feedback"

Since that time of over 18 months, the traffic situation in Burbong Street has only become worse and if you travel along Quay Street in the before business hours, during hours and just after close of business you are confronted with what only can be described as one big car park.  If you  put your visitor/tourist eyes on for a moment and look at Quay Street during those time and you can see that as a first impression to our wonderful City and Region, it is a real turn off. I still believe that a ONE WAY system of traffic in the CBD and the development of designated free all day shop keepers and staff parking within the Kennedy Bridge precinct, will go a long way to addressing some of the traffic congestion the Car Park city picture.

I have altered my view a little over that time in regard to 1 hour parking meters, make them 2 hours! 

This is my personal view and I welcome your feedback

Mal